Finance Manager Contracts in the Thames Valley

Finance Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Finance Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 136 138
Rank change year-on-year +41 +2 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Finance Manager 7 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.34% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.36% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile - £605 £483
25th Percentile - £763 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £900 £588
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +53.19% +17.50%
75th Percentile £650 £950 £610
90th Percentile £680 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £738 £600
% change year-on-year -18.64% +22.92% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,405 2,505 2,767
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 93.26% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 864 1,430 1,916
10th Percentile £300 £206 £313
25th Percentile £409 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 189 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.78 £17.31
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £45.65 £45.00 £46.70
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -3.64% +166.86%
75th Percentile £65.62 £62.50 £66.21
90th Percentile £77.47 £84.57 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Finance Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Finance Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Finance Manager in the Thames Valley

Finance Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Finance Manager in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Finance Manager in the Thames Valley

Finance Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Finance Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +28 6 £600 -33.33% 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 1
Finance Manager
South East

Finance Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Finance Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Finance Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) SAP
3 3 (42.86%) ACCA
3 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
4 2 (28.57%) PMP
4 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) General Ledger
4 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle
4 2 (28.57%) IFRS
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (14.29%) People Management
5 1 (14.29%) Order to Cash

Finance Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) General Ledger
4 2 (28.57%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Life Science
1 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 3 (42.86%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) ACCA
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 2 (28.57%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) CCAB
3 1 (14.29%) CIMA
3 1 (14.29%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) IFRS
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft